'Diverge' definitions:
Definition of 'diverge'
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Definition of 'Diverge'
From: GCIDE
- Diverge \Di*verge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Diverged; p. pr. & vb. n. Diverging.] [L. di- = dis- + vergere to bend, incline. See Verge.]
- 1. To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'diverge'
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- aberrate,
- agree to disagree,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- angle,
- angle off,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be distinct,
- be distinguished,
- be renewed,
- bear off,
- bend,
- bestrew,
- bias,
- bottom out,
- branch off,
- branch out,
- break,
- break up,
- break with,
- broadcast,
- change,
- change the bearing,
- checker,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- circumfuse,
- clash with,
- come about,
- come around,
- come round,
- conflict with,
- contrast with,
- crook,
- curve,
- deal out,
- deflect,
- degenerate,
- depart,
- depart from,
- deploy,
- deteriorate,
- detour,
- deviate,
- deviate from,
- differ,
- differentiate,
- diffract,
- diffuse,
- digress,
- disaccord with,
- disagree,
- disagree with,
- disband,
- dispel,
- dispense,
- disperse,
- dispread,
- disseminate,
- dissent,
- distort,
- distribute,
- disunify,
- divagate,
- divaricate,
- divaricate from,
- diverge from,
- diversify,
- divert,
- divide,
- dogleg,
- drift,
- excurse,
- fall out,
- fan out,
- flop,
- fork,
- go away,
- go off,
- go separate ways,
- hairpin,
- haul around,
- have a falling-out,
- heel,
- improve,
- issue,
- jar with,
- jibe,
- meliorate,
- mitigate,
- modulate,
- mutate,
- not accord with,
- not square with,
- oblique,
- outspread,
- overscatter,
- oversow,
- overspread,
- part,
- part company,
- propagate,
- publish,
- pull,
- radiate,
- ramble,
- ramify,
- refract,
- relieve,
- retail,
- revive,
- scatter,
- separate,
- sheer,
- shift,
- skew,
- slue,
- sow,
- sow broadcast,
- splay,
- split,
- split up,
- spread,
- spread out,
- stand apart,
- stand over against,
- stray,
- strew,
- subdivide,
- sway,
- swerve,
- tack,
- take a turn,
- trend,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn into,
- turn the corner,
- twist,
- undergo a change,
- utter,
- variate,
- variegate,
- vary,
- veer,
- wander,
- warp,
- worsen,
- zigzag